Cancer morbidity. Country of Matanzas 2001.

Abstract

The cancer constitutes a problem of health in the countries developed as second cause of death. In the second half of the century, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean they have experienced demographic and epidemic changes that have taken to an increment of the non transmissible illnesses, as this. We motivate ourselves to carry out this study with the objective of determining the behaviour of the morbidity by cancer in the county of Matanzas in the year 2001. He/she was carried out an observational epidemic study of descriptive type with the objective of determining the behaviour of the morbidity by cancer in the county of Matanzas in the year 2001. Summary measures were used for qualitative data, you calculate absolute and percents, the results were presented in charts and graphics for the best analysis and interpretation of the same ones.
A discreet bigger incidence is presented in the feminine sex with a frank prevalence of the group of 65 year-old age and more. The Carcinoma was the diagnosis morphologic of more incidence. In more than half of the cases the morphologic differences could not be determined prevailing in those carried out the one Differed. The histology diagnosis prevailed with a poor diagnosis cytology. By the biggest percent in the cases you could not determine the clinical stage, in the cases in that he/she was carried out the stage it prevailed I. The clinical extension of more incidence it was the one located.